GUEST POST: NICOLE AND DEBBIE OF LIVE LAUGH DECORATE ON DREAMY HOME OFFICES +BUDGET-FRIENDLY DESKS

So thrilled to be guest posting today for Charmaine, one of our true blogger besties! We've been stalking Charmaine's blog ever since we started blogging a few months ago, and pop in daily to see what she's up to. We rarely have a chance to do any DIY projects so kinda live vicariously through her and her manic ability to transform items she finds on Craigslist. To honor her recent foray into design school and the need to create a home office, we decided to pay our homage by featuring some fabulously amazing home offices/desks that would make any girl wanna stay home and work as well.    

A great example of not being afraid of dark walls. Love the wallpaper and the varying layers seen here. Loads of items here that could also be replicated on the cheap i.e the buffet/console, wicker chairs and light fixture.

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Budget-friendly Ikea shelving/storage units look all dressed up and custom with the amazing nuance of the woven baskets, books and other personal touches. Love the industrial feel/look of the desk but I think the chair and those sconces may have stolen the show on this one. Notice how the horrible flooring kinda disappears? It begs for an area rug, but a well designed room can even detract from that detail. 

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Loads of charm in this space! Look at the beauty of the legs on this vintage number and those mid-century chairs make a statement with that black piping. Plus, anyone who has such an amazing collection of books is likely not reading books online (pet peeve of mine) and therefore someone after my own heart. We likes. A lot.

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Check out the amazing budget-friendly desks we sourced to get you inspired to start your own office makeover. It even includes a few beauties we found on Miami's Craigslist. See, Charmaine even has us looking for items  to purchase and not just sell on Craigslist.

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These final three beauties are from Miami's own Craigslist. Good stuff no?

Thanks again Charmaine for having us over today to indulge in our home office fantasies. Hope you had an amazing vacay and made even more memories in Sonoma. 

xoxo

Nicole & Debbie

9 YEARS

We are on our way to Sonoma today.  We can't wait to revisit our church, the vineyards and The Lodge where we got married 9 years ago! {Not to mention the wine tasting.  Babysitter has been arranged!  Woohoo!}

Here's to many many more!

I love you, Mark!

Cheers!

MY CRAFTY HOME LIFE

Hi Everyone!  I'm guest posting over at My Crafty Home Life today talking about Nantucket  - Craigslist style.

Check it out here.

CRAIGSLIST MONDAY: AS FOR ME AND MY HOUSE

Hi there, I'm Katie from As for me and my House. I have always loved garage saleing but we have a pretty short season for it here in Montana with our nasty winters. So, imagine my happiness when I discovered Craigslist shortly after my husband and I bought our first house. We had some hand me downs from our families but a very small budget to really make our house a home. Craigslist to the rescue!

Six years, three kids, many job changes and one new house later our budget is still pretty tight. Thankfully I've been able to find some great pieces on CL, here are a few of my favorites.......

This little chair was $15

I scored this great vintage china cabinet for a whopping $12! I never took a before photo but it was painted 1970's avocado green and took a lot of elbow grease to get it looking like this.

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This queen size vintage channel back headboard was a steal at $20!

My favorite CL find was this eight and a half foot long vintage sofa for $125. It was absolutely immaculate but not really my style, so I painted and reupholstered it.

Here it is before:

And after:

Charmaine, thank you so much for letting me participate in your Craigslist Monday series!!

Thanks Katie for sharing your great finds!  I love how the sofa turned out!  You did a great job reupholstering it!!!

 Check out Katie's blog.  Here.

Do you want to be part of the Craigslist Monday series?  Email me your finds, here.

HALLOWEEN DECORATING

 We've finally put up some Halloween decorations...

 

{ghosts made of styrofoam balls and white remnant fabric}

My daughter, Alex, did the faces by using black foam board.

{For those of you who asked, here's our front door and the color of the brick.  I just realized that I can't just paint the door itself(or can I?),  I think I have to paint the frame and the storm door too.  What do you think?  And Mark said no to removing the storm door already.

The porch lights need to be replaced too, eventually.}

This is an oldie but goodie.  Mice silhouettes by Martha Stewart...

Got mine from Michael's.

It is a great toddler gate alternative for your little one. :)  My daughter refused to climb the stairs after I installed these decals.  

Branches from the yard spray painted black.  I added the ghosts and spider from Target's dollar section...

Black crow from Michael's...

Gourds spray painted white from our Apple Picking outing...

Do you decorate for Halloween?

We are off to California  for a little vacation!  The kids are excited to go to Cars Land while Mark and I are looking forward to go back to Sonoma where we got married 9 years ago! 

  I have a couple of guest posts lined up for you next week.

Have a great weekend!

FLORALS FROM ZARA HOME

I'm sure you've heard that Zara Home is now available in the US.

Zara didn't disappoint!

It reminds me of Anthropologie,  but with a more affordable price tag!

I was drawn to the florals.  Here are my favorites...

Have you checked it out yet?  What's your favorite?

ORANGE FRONT DOOR

I've talked about painting our front door a fun color before, and  I've narrowed it down to Orange(one of my favorite colors).  I think it would look nice against our brownish brick.

Now the question is what shade of Orange?

Here are some orange doors that some of my fave bloggers used...

Glowing Firelight by Behr...

Kat's front door {Maple Leaves & Sycamore Trees}

Habanero Pepper by Benjamin Moore...

Kim's front door {Chattafabulous}

Maple Leaf by Behr

Lauren's front door {Pure Style Home}

I'm leaning towards a reddish orange.
Do you have a favorite orange paint color you want to share?